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Every version has it's readme file. The current version we are working on is : https://github.com/MakerBay/Trashtracker/blob/master/README.md In the future, when we have multiple versions, they will be all linked from here.

In order to understand marine litter in Hong Kong, we have done some background research.

Where is the litter coming from?

Where can you find most of the litter on Hong Kong beach?

Why does it matter?

What do you usually found in the litter?

http://yp.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/99873/hong-kongs-beaches-covered-polluting-plastic-litter

researchers found about 400 pieces of litter bigger than 1cm. Around 62 per cent of the litter was made of plastic. It was mainly pieces of packaging, bottle caps, string, rope or ribbon, and cutlery. There were also many smaller pieces, mostly made of styrofoam.